Changes
What has changed from one version to the next — described in a way that a viewer would notice. The app downloads new versions automatically.
Version 1.19.290
9. September 2026
Categories: clearer names, and both in one place
"Arrange sections" is now called "Manage main categories". The "Categories" item has moved out of the general settings and under Profiles, where it is called "Manage subcategories" — it applies per profile anyway, just like the main categories right above it.
The focus stays on the category while it moves
Moving a category up used to leave the category below it selected: the focus stayed where it was while the entry moved on. Now it travels along. If an entry ends up at the very top or bottom, the focus switches to the direction that is still possible instead of grasping at nothing.
Version 1.19.289
9. September 2026
Sport opens straight away
Jumping into the sport guide took about four seconds: the selection landed on a surface that was not visible at all. Now the first key press lands.
Back out of Sport leads to the main menu again
Anyone who had moved Sport up into the main categories still ended up under "More" when pressing Back. What sits there now follows the bar set in the profile.
Version 1.19.288
9. September 2026
Main menu: there was no way out of live TV
After the main categories were reordered, the bar still showed the old order while the keys were already working with the new one. Pressing down jumped somewhere at random, and movies or series could no longer be reached even though they were right there. Fixed.
Version 1.19.287
9. September 2026
The sport list is usable on a phone
In portrait, less than half the screen width was left for the fixture, because the list of sports sat beside it. On narrow devices it now sits above, and title, league, time and channels use the full width. Nothing changes on the television.
Settings follow the profile, not the device
Anyone changing something on the phone could lose it to the box: syncing transferred whole files, and the newer one won. Now every setting is synced on its own. For resuming playback, the device that played last still counts.
The category order is remembered per section
Sorting the movie categories on the phone also overwrote live TV and series from the box. Now each section remembers its own order.
Version 1.19.286
8. September 2026
The box number now sits right at the top
On the setup screen the eight-digit number for remote setup used to sit below the greeting, the introduction and the note about sources — on a television, often below the edge of the picture. Anyone who does not see it will not read it out to their dealer either. It is now the first thing on the page. That also applies when only the credentials were deleted and the licence stays, which is the common case.
A failed remote setup now says what went wrong
When a dealer sets up a box remotely and the box cannot apply the package, everyone used to see only „not successful“. The reason was known but thrown away. It is now shown on the box's screen, in the log and to the dealer — for instance that all device slots on the licence are taken and a device has to be released first.
The dealer is warned before sending
If the selected licence has no free device slot left, the supporter app says so before anything is sent. In the portal, a full licence now stands out in the list instead of looking like everything else.
Main menu: OK reliably enters the section again
On some TV boxes the main menu stayed put after pressing OK, especially on the settings. In such a case the app tries up to sixteen times — but in fact only the first attempt ever ran, because the app was waiting for a frame that was never drawn while the menu stood still. It now asks for that frame itself.
Version 1.19.278
6. September 2026
Film data now comes entirely from TMDB
Date, age rating and genre are now fetched solely from the film database TMDB, no longer from your provider. Cinema categories and the current year load first, the rest only when needed. That spares the provider and is faster.
Audio: the app decodes AC-3 and E-AC-3 itself
If the TV box cannot decode AC-3 (Dolby Digital) or E-AC-3 (Dolby Digital Plus) itself and no receiver passes it through, the app decodes the audio itself while the picture keeps running on the chip. DTS and TrueHD are left to the box; both are rare in streaming.
Windows: HEVC runs on the graphics chip
On Windows, HEVC video is now decoded only by the graphics chip. If the PC has no suitable decoder, the app stops and says so instead of decoding in the background. All graphics cards since about 2016 can do HEVC.
Source code of the bundled libraries
Ovemio contains FFmpeg and libmpv under the LGPL. The source code of exactly the shipped versions, including build scripts, is now at ovemio.com/quellen; the app’s licence page and the download page link to it.
Version 1.19.277
5 September 2026
No more misleading references to a test version
Anyone who had enabled ‘Test versions first’ would have seen the message ‘Test version — not yet released’ for version 1.19.276, even though that version had long since been rolled out to everyone. From now on, a version is only considered a test version if it really hasn’t been released yet.
Version 1.19.276
5 September 2026
Live TV runs more smoothly
On Android TV boxes, live TV now uses the same direct video path as films: the picture goes straight to the screen without any detours. On less powerful TV boxes, images used to be discarded even though the buffer was full — that’s no longer the case. If a channel is unable to use this path for a moment, the app automatically re-establishes the connection via the alternative route. The switch for this in the settings is therefore no longer needed and has been removed.
AC-3 and E-AC-3 audio even on TV boxes without their own decoder
Some TV boxes cannot decode AC-3 (Dolby Digital) or E-AC-3 (Dolby Digital Plus) themselves. Previously, the app had to switch the entire playback path to do this, which caused the picture to be lost when playing long films. Now, in such cases, the app processes the audio itself, whilst the picture continues to be processed via the TV box’s chip. First comes the TV or amplifier, then the TV box’s decoder, then the app.
The update notification can be operated
On some TV boxes, a notification about a new version appeared, but pressing ‘OK’ took you to the screen behind it — the only way to dismiss it was to press the ‘OK’ button. Now, the ‘Install now’ button remains highlighted for as long as the notification is displayed. The same applies to the notification about a new support reply.
The remote control arrives in seconds
As long as the TV box displays its eight-digit number, it checks every five seconds to see if its retailer has sent anything. Previously, this could take up to one and a half minutes.
The automatic quality control no longer returns to its original position straight away
After four quiet minutes, the app stepped up a level — and a moment later stepped back down again, because it mistook the changeover itself for a glitch. Now each new level is given twelve seconds.
The stock is as large as he says
For channels broadcasting in full HD resolution, only two-thirds of the set buffer was effective because the memory allocated for it was too limited. Now it scales up accordingly.
The playback path recognises the image format
Until now, the app had only decided whether a film could switch playback methods based on the image size, and had to assume the worst-case scenario. Now it knows the actual format of a film — a large film in a format that the TV box handles well will have its playback method switched back.
A guardian for the still image
If a film’s image froze whilst the sound and playback time continued, nobody had noticed until now. Now the app keeps track of whether any more frames are coming through. If they don’t arrive for over a minute, it tries the other playback method — and honestly lets you know if that one doesn’t work either.
Fewer false error reports
If the TV box went into sleep mode, the app used to interpret this as an hour-long period of inactivity when it woke up and would send a report. It now recognises sleep mode. In addition, audio devices (Bluetooth, HDMI, USB) are now logged with the time when they connect or disconnect.